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Old 12-06-2014, 12:06   #1223
tizmeinnit
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J View Post
Or maybe the DWP should just ask the persons GP for their opinion on whether they are fit to work.
To be fair GPs generally are pretty useless. There has to be a system in place that checks to see if the patient is as bad as they make out. I would rather see claimants seeing doctors at DWP medicals with some sort of specialty in the field for which the diagnosis is made.

IE someone with a bad back sees someone with a grounding in osteopathy and someone with a mental illness sees someone knowledgeable in psychiatric problems

Just seeing a general nurse or just another GP is not going to find the cheats and it is going to lead to mis diagnosis and hardship
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